Jaysa Rafi Prana is currently a PhD candidate in Economics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He completed his Master of Science in Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE) and Bachelor’s degree in Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia. He is a former research associate at Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). Jaysa's research interests intersect the areas of international trade and finance, regionalism and international development.